NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Reduced: FORDA & FAIMA Condemn Decision; Demands Govt Intervention
NEET PG 2025 cutoff has been reduced to zero percentile for reserved categories and 7th for the general category. While medical bodies like FORDA and FAIMA slam the move as a "mockery of merit," social media is divided. Read further to know about NEET PG 2025 round 3 counselling and other details.Â
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced the qualifying percentile for the NEET PG 2025. The NEET PG 2025 cutoff for SC, ST, and OBC candidates has been lowered to zero percentile, allowing candidates with scores as low as -40 out of 800 to be eligible for NEET PG 2025 round 3 counselling process.Â
Meanwhile, the general category cutoff has been lowered to 7th percentile. General category students with 103 scores in NEET PG 2025 exam are now eligible to appear for the counselling process. The decision for NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction has been made to fill over 18,000 vacant PG medical seats after the round 2 counselling process.Â
The decision to reduce NEET PG 2025 cutoff has become an important topic of discussion among doctors and medical associations. Critics argue that instead of lowering NEET PG cutoff 2025 to zero, the government should address why 18,000 seats are still left vacant.Â
FORDA Condemns NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Reduction; Demands Government to InterveneÂ
The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) has criticised NBE’s decision of NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction. In a social media post on their handle, the association has requested Union Minister JP Nadda for immediate intervention. The official notification by FORDA has been provided below.Â
FAIMA Questions Credibility of Merit-Based Exam
The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) termed the NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction a "mockery of the medical education system". FAIMA Chief Patron Dr. Rohan Krishnan mentioned that candidates with negative marks compromise the credibility of doctors. "This destroys the credibility of a merit-based exam," Krishnan stated
NEET PG 2025 Revised Cutoff: Twitter Erupts With Mixed Reactions
The NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction to zero percentile has sparked debate on the social media platform 'X'. Many users expressed shock that a candidate could lose marks on a competitive exam and still qualify for a speciality degree. Meanwhile, some considered it as an opportunity of stuents with lower percentile to appear for the counselling process. Some of the social media platform 'X' reactions have been mentioned below.Â
Another Social media handle asks the need of conducting NEET PG exam:Â
With the announcement of the NEET PG 2025 revised cutoff, the fresh registrations for NEET PG 2025 Round 3 Counselling are expected to begin shortly on the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) website for newly eligible candidates.
MCC reduces NEET PG cutoff to fill vacant seats remain after starting two rounds. It is being said students who score top rank wish to get top branches and colleges and they do get usually in round-1 and round-2 NEET PG counselling. Once these coveted seats get filled, students have least chance to get them in remaining rounds. That is reason cutoff is reduced to encourage and make more students elligible for NEET PG counselling.
Yes. NBE reduces NEET PG cut off in case seats remain vacant after counseling rounds. Reducation of cut off makes more number of candidates eligible to participate in the counselling who were earlier ineligible due to low score. NEET PG 2025 cut off percentile has been reduced for each category.
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Yes. MCC has reduced NEET PG 2025 cutoff percentile as well as score for each category. NEET PG 2025 percentile has bene reduced by 7th percentile for general category and 0th percentile for SC/ST category. For general category revised cutoff score is 103.